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The frogman cometh. My journey began with this article in the Wall Street Journal... The Former Navy SEAL Who Keeps Churning Out Hit Books Jack Carr draws in unlikely readers with his personal details from battle and Amazon turns his work into a TV show The part about unlikely readers caught my eye. To create … Continue reading The Terminal List
Souls caught in the balance. The Human Scale is a new novel by Lawrence Wright and what an ambitious, tender and unflinching book it is. Perhaps only Wright could have created a story like this - his background in the Middle East is well-established* and his writing chops are undisputed. The Human Scale is beautiful … Continue reading The Human Scale
Barry Eisler Fangirl Post The Chaos Kind is a tight, tense tale of vengeance featuring some of my favorite fictional characters: John Rain, Livia Lone, Dox, Delilah, Larison and Kanezaki. Friendship, love and allegiance elevate this Barry Eisler novel over other popular thrillers and while everyone has their moment to shine, for me Dox steals … Continue reading The Chaos Kind
Etsy is cool but a cafe-bookstore combo is still the dream. It's been a while since I mentioned my Etsy book shop. It started with an unique bunch of books I inherited from my dad but since then I've kept my eye out for interesting titles in local thrifts. I love it when someone finds … Continue reading Online bookselling has its charms
Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet. - Paul Klee Look, you can read Color Scheme or just look at the color palettes - either way you're bound to enjoy it. The subtitle promises an "Irreverent History of Art and Pop Culture in Color Palettes" and author Edith Young delivers in … Continue reading This is your brain on color
I'm beginning to think that Art is everything, am I wrong? I wrote that in a letter to my cousin, a poet living in New York City. I had just finished Bianca Bosker's 2024 book, Get the Picture: A Mind-Bending Journey among the Inspired Artists and Impressive Art Fiends Who Taught Me How to See … Continue reading Get the Picture
right brain: creative / left brain: analytical I read Write it Down, Make it Happen around 20 years ago, and it made a deep impression. I've written the phrase on the first page of all my notebooks and journals ever since. But while I've revisited it multiple times the funny thing is I never looked into … Continue reading Writing on Both Sides of the Brain
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